Wael Hamd

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 749 citations indexed

About

Wael Hamd is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Wael Hamd has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 749 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Materials Chemistry, 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Wael Hamd's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (6 papers). Wael Hamd is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (6 papers). Wael Hamd collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, France and Italy. Wael Hamd's co-authors include Joydeep Dutta, Hugo Giraldo, Mohamed Abdel‐Rehim, Abdusalam Uheida, Elsa Thune, Jean Claude Assaf, René Guinebretière, Alexandre Boulle, Marc Fontecave and Vincent Artero and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

In The Last Decade

Wael Hamd

22 papers receiving 734 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Visible light photocatalytic degradation of polypropylene microplastics in a continuous water flow system
    2020 403 citations Abdusalam Uheida, Hugo Giraldo et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wael Hamd Lebanon 11 427 353 210 184 132 25 749
Gaoliang Wang China 10 327 0.8× 292 0.8× 147 0.7× 81 0.4× 72 0.5× 20 623
Sichao Cheng United States 11 120 0.3× 125 0.4× 234 1.1× 95 0.5× 113 0.9× 14 591
Shan Peng China 12 116 0.3× 89 0.3× 117 0.6× 61 0.3× 144 1.1× 22 484
Swaraj Paul Sweden 7 332 0.8× 270 0.8× 144 0.7× 95 0.5× 129 1.0× 12 631
Zhigang Shen China 14 58 0.1× 83 0.2× 238 1.1× 97 0.5× 124 0.9× 36 534
Changde Ma China 11 66 0.2× 115 0.3× 176 0.8× 180 1.0× 163 1.2× 15 925
Jogchum Oenema Netherlands 12 132 0.3× 178 0.5× 438 2.1× 87 0.5× 226 1.7× 13 892
Yuechao Yao China 17 89 0.2× 82 0.2× 238 1.1× 490 2.7× 66 0.5× 41 988
J. J. Erik Maris Netherlands 8 159 0.4× 167 0.5× 121 0.6× 12 0.1× 63 0.5× 20 492

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wael Hamd

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wael Hamd. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wael Hamd based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wael Hamd. Wael Hamd is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2025). Natural sunlight-driven photocatalytic degradation of polypropylene microplastics over ZnO nanorods. Environmental Research. 279(Pt 2). 121836–121836. 4 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2025). Food packaging use and post-consumer plastic waste management: a comprehensive review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 2 indexed citations
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Bannı, Mohamed, Rami Abboud, Jean Claude Assaf, et al.. (2025). Plastic pollution in food packaging systems: impact on human health, socioeconomic considerations and regulatory framework. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 18. 100667–100667. 11 indexed citations
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Ferrando, Montserrat, et al.. (2025). Food packaging business models as drivers for sustainability in the food packaging industry. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 9. 2 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2024). Design of a new ZnO photocatalytic Fenton-like system for enhancing the removal of methylene blue at neutral pH. Ceramics International. 50(12). 20843–20850. 5 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2023). New updates on vanadate compounds synthesis and visible-light-driven photocatalytic applications. 3(1). 28–45. 5 indexed citations
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Boissière, Cédric, et al.. (2023). Investigating the impact of chemical structures on the photocatalytic degradation rates over ZnO nanorods: An oxidative pathways perspective. Catalysis Communications. 185. 106807–106807. 16 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2022). New approach for designing wrinkled and porous ZnO thin films for photocatalytic applications. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 658. 130628–130628. 21 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, Digambara Patra, & Houssam El‐Rassy. (2021). Curcumin-loaded metal oxide aerogels: supercritical drying and stability. RSC Advances. 11(55). 34479–34486. 3 indexed citations
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Uheida, Abdusalam, Hugo Giraldo, Mohamed Abdel‐Rehim, Wael Hamd, & Joydeep Dutta. (2020). Visible light photocatalytic degradation of polypropylene microplastics in a continuous water flow system. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 406. 124299–124299. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Assaf, Jean Claude, et al.. (2020). Simulation and optimization of hydrogen production by steam reforming of natural gas for refining and petrochemical demands in Lebanon. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45(58). 33235–33247. 61 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, Christel Laberty‐Robert, François Lambert, et al.. (2017). Investigating Charge Transfer in Functionalized Mesoporous EISA–SnO2 Films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(41). 23207–23217. 1 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, et al.. (2016). In situ time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering observation of the fractal aggregation process in tin alkoxide polymeric solution. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 49(2). 366–374. 5 indexed citations
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Thune, Elsa, et al.. (2014). Elaboration of tin oxide nano-islands through post-deposition thermal treatment. Thin Solid Films. 562. 200–205. 2 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, Murielle Chavarot‐Kerlidou, Jennifer Fize, et al.. (2013). Dye-sensitized nanostructured crystalline mesoporous tin-doped indium oxide films with tunable thickness for photoelectrochemical applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 1(28). 8217–8217. 31 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, Saioa Cobo, Jennifer Fize, et al.. (2012). Mesoporous α-Fe2O3 thin films synthesized via the sol–gel process for light-driven water oxidation. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(38). 13224–13224. 54 indexed citations
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Hamd, Wael, Yonghui Wu, Alexandre Boulle, Elsa Thune, & René Guinebretière. (2009). Microstructural study of SnO2 thin layers deposited on sapphire by sol–gel dip-coating. Thin Solid Films. 518(1). 1–5. 23 indexed citations

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